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the feudal ceremony of investiture performed by a person who is not a member of the clergy

guild

an association of people who work at the same occupation

schism

a division in a church or religious group

Age of Faith

(1000 to 1300) hundreds of cathedrals built, church leaders exerted enormous political and economic influence in Europe, time of increasing material prosperity, growth of civilization

tithe

a contribution to the church of one tenth of a family's yearly income of produce

Slavs

group of nomads who migrated into eastern Europe from Asia; at war with Byzantines for possession of Balkan peninsula + land around Black Sea

canon law

the law of the Roman Catholic Church

vassal

a person who recieves land from a lord and pledges military service in return

charter

in the Middle Ages, a written list of special privilages tax exemptions, and rights granted to a town

crusade

a military expedition to recover Jerusalem and the Holy Land from the Muslim Turks

Charlemagne

most power king of western Europe; he delt as an equal with Byzantine Empire

Patriarch

Bishop of Constantinople

feudalism

a political and military system based on the holding of land, with an emphasis on local protection, local government, and local self-sufficiency

excommunicate

to cut off from the Church

interdict

an order from the pope prohibiting Church ceremonies in the lands of a ruler who is disobedient to the pope

John Wycliffe

Englishman + famous thinker that responded to the Church crisis

Justinian

emperor of Byzantine empire from 527 to 565; tried to reconquer Roman lands; ordered a team of scholars to compile + simplify the laws; undertook a massive building program in Constantinople

Hundred Years War

France vs. England; started 10 years before Black Death outbreak; feudal warfar-during new weapons

fief

the piece of land given to a vassal by a lord

Urban II

claimed to be leader of all Christendom; hoped to reunite Byzantine and Roman Christians

nation-state

a group of people who occupy a definite territory and are united under one government

Muhammad

businessman + religious, meditated outside Mecca + thoguth he was a prophet because he had visions of Allah, monotheist

missi dominici

Royal agents of Charlemagne, who checked on the ruling counts

parliament

was truly a national essembly; members put their loyalty ahead of local ties

Black Death

plague that killed 25 million people + doctors couldn't help

simony

the buying and selling of church offices

Magna Carta

variety of promises->to respect th right and privileges of the city of London, promised merchants the right to travel freely in + out of England, + granted basic legal rights to both in England and the United States